A stadium ban is being planned by UEFA in response to “unacceptably violent” altercations with West Midlands police prior to their match against Aston Villa, and they have announced that they are looking into the incident
A stadium ban is being planned by UEFA in response to “unacceptably violent” altercations with
West Midlands police prior to their match against Aston Villa,
and they have announced that they are looking into the incident.
Europa Conference League match on Thursday. 46 people were being held on Friday, according to Villa,
following “planned and systemic violent acts” against West Midlands Police.
During their 2-1 loss at Villa Park, Legia supporters were barred from entering the away end but congregated
outside and launched missiles into the home end over the perimeter walls.
As a spokesperson stated, “UEFA strongly condemns the unacceptable violence which occurred.
” UEFA is currently conducting an investigation. Before making any decisions about possible courses of action,
UEFA is currently compiling official reports.
UEFA can take action if incidents happen relatively near to the ground,
even if they do not have the authority to punish clubs for incidents that happen off the field.
For attacking the Manchester City team bus as it traveled to Anfield ahead of a Champions League quarterfinal in April 2018, Liverpool’s supporters were fined £17,600.
Legia officials were incensed with Villa for cutting the number of tickets allotted to their supporters from 1,700 to about 1,002,
a decision that was taken on November 2, four weeks prior to the game.
“On the advice of safety authorities as a result of previous large-scale disorder caused by Legia fans last month at AZ Alkmaar,” according to Villa, the decision was made.
Two Legia players were taken into custody on the team bus following the AZ game on charges of causing harm to a steward.
As Legia supporters assaulted a stadium access gate,
they attacked police, and owner Dariusz Mioduski was allegedly struck in the face by one of the officers.
Fans of Legia are not permitted by UEFA to go to Bosnia for their next match at HSK Zrinjski.
The statement from Villa went on, “On the advice of the police, no away fans were allowed into Villa Park.”
An hour or so prior to kickoff,
West Midlands Police officers were the target of systematic and organized acts of violence by Legia supporters.
“The visiting team did not provide any assistance on the serious safety matter of away fans attending Villa Park,
despite multiple requests for cooperation from Legia Warsaw, particularly in the last two days.”
Due to the disagreement over the allocation,
Legia owner Mioduski and the club’s board opted not to travel to the match and instead to stay at the team hotel in Birmingham.
“The behavior of the hosts’ representatives prior to the match led to an unnecessary escalation of negative emotions,”
Legia CEO Marcin Herra said to Mail Sport. Our interactions with other clubs are governed by professionalism and deference to authority.
On the other side, we anticipate the same thing.
West Midlands Police Federation deputy chair Jason Dooley continued,
saying, “This was violence we’d not seen in years and years.
” Even though we’ve properly policed it, the occasional violence still happens.
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